Prodeinotherium

Prodeinotherium is an extinct representative of the family Deinotheriidae that lived in Africa, Europe, and Asia in the early and middle Miocene. Prodeinotherium, meaning "before terrible beast", was first named in 1930, but soon after, the only species in it, P. hungaricum, was reassigned to Deinotherium. During the 1970s, however, the two genera were once again separated, with Prodeinotherium diagnosed to include Deinotherium bavaricum, Deinotherium hobleyi, and Deinotherium pentapotamiae, which were separated based on geographic location. The three species are from Europe, Africa, and Asia, respectively. However, because of usage of few characters to separate them, only one species, P. bavaricum, or many more species, including P. cuvieri, P. orlovii, and P. sinense may be possible.

Prodeinotherium

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
DeinotheriidaePBDB
Diet
grazer, browserPBDB, for Proboscidea
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Proboscidea
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 11.63 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Oligocene — about 1 of 63 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 62 of 63 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 0 of 63 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 63 occurrences28–27 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–24 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 2 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 3 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–18 Mya — about 3 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 3 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 6 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 10 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 10 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 7 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 5 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 4 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.9 occurrences11–9.8 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences9.8–8.9 Mya — about 0.6 occurrences8.9–8.1 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences8.1–7.2 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.2–6.4 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences6.4–5.5 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.7–3.8 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences3.8–2.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences2.9–2.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23.04 Mya11.63 Mya27.8 Mya2.1 Mya

63 occurrences of Prodeinotherium on record, most of them in the Miocene. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

63 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

14 formations

Manchar — 26.33°N, 67.83°EMaboko — 0.13°S, 34.61°EMaboko — 0.17°N, 34.62°EMaboko — 0.15°N, 34.62°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.48°N, 10.10°EBrackwater Molasse — 48.35°N, 9.86°ELothidok — 3.33°N, 35.75°ELothidok — 3.22°N, 35.83°ETiim — 0.84°N, 35.82°EGrund — 48.63°N, 16.06°EChinji — 32.82°N, 75.37°EBakate — 4.27°N, 36.60°EUpper Freshwater Molasse — 48.45°N, 11.78°EErageleit — 3.36°N, 35.80°EKeramaria — 38.31°N, 26.13°Eupper Dharmsala Range — 32.23°N, 76.31°EDetritic-Carbonated Unit of Subirats — 41.42°N, 1.81°EChinji — 32.79°N, 72.93°E

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The named rock units Prodeinotherium has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 33 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Prodeinotherium and its relatives

Miocene

Where Prodeinotherium and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

749 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 60 sites for Prodeinotherium, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

42 references

Each of the 63 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 30 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content2

Picture of Prodeinotherium

Credit
Ra'ike (see also: de:Benutzer:Ra'ike )
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

Photogrammetry

Licence
not stated by the source
Commercial use
cannot be read from the licence given — check the record
Specimen
Prodeinotherium bavaricum · smns:p:41562

The description on this site

Licence
CC BY-SA 4.0

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Ehik 1930